Syracuse, N.Y. — Looking for a career that gives you the best chance of finding a job? Think health care.

Thirteen of the 25 occupations projected to grow the fastest through 2020 are in health care fields, according to data provided by the New York State Department of Labor.

Fourteen of the 25 occupations projected to grow the fastest in Central New York are related to health care.

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Biomedical engineers top the state list, with a projected 58.5 percent increase in jobs through 2020. And the pay isn't bad, either: The median annual wage for biomedical engineers in New York is $85,340.

Karen Knapik-Scalzo, an economist with the Department of Labor, said health care jobs are among the fastest-growing because of the aging of the population. (As baby boomers enter senior citizen status, they're making more trips to the doctor.)

In Syracuse, health services already have become a major employer. With five hospitals and numerous associated doctors' offices, the city and its suburbs have become a medical center.

"Health services is one of the sectors that, even during the recession, was growing," said Knapik-Scalzo.

There were 44,400 private health service jobs in the Syracuse area in December, up 4 percent from the same month in 2012. (In contrast, the area saw an overall 1.3 percent increase in jobs during the same period.)